Hair curler



Jam. 23, 1945. 1.. EISENMAN HAIR CURLER Filed May 29, 1943 WV WY Q MNPatented Jan. 23, 1945 UNITED STATES ""PATENT OFFICE 2,367,854 HAIRCURLER Louis Eisenman, Brooklyn, N. Y. Application May 29, 1943, SerialNo. 489,050

14 Claims.

This invention is an improvement over that disclosed in my prior PatentNo. 2,328,331, dated August 31, 1943, Hair curler, and relates primarilyto hair curlers of that type comprising a rotatable mandrel upon which alock of hair may be easily and quickly wound and then slipped off themandrel endwise in a curled condition between the two legs of a bobbypin held by the curler.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a hair curlerof the above general character which may be easily and convenientlymanipulated and which will be reliable and emcient in action andoperation.

A further object is to provide a practical hair curler of the abovegeneral character which will automatically openthe two leg of a bobby:pin as the curl is slipped from the mandrel.

A further object will be to provide a hair curler of the above generalcharacter having relatively 1 few parts which may be inexpensivelymanufactured and assembled.

Other objects will be in part obvious from the annexed drawings and inpart hereinafter indicated in connection therewith by the followinganalysis of the invention.

This invention accordingly consists in the features of construction,combination of parts, and in the unique relation of the members and inthe relative proportioning and disposition thereof, all as morecompletely outlined herein.

To enable others skilled in the art fully to comprehend the underlyingfeatures of this invention, that they may embod the same by the numerousmodifications in structure and relation contemplated by the invention, adrawing depicting a preferred embodiment of the invention forms a partof this disclosure, and in such drawing like characters of referencedenote corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which Figure1 is a longitudinal elevational view showing the hair curler in normalposition, certain parts being dotted in order to more clearly illustratethe relation;

Figure 2 is a similar view of the same mechanism with the parts in theposition where a curl is about to be slipped off the mandrel;

Figure 3 is a detail plan view of one end of the device as shown inFigure 1;

Figure 4 is a detail vertical sectional view taken on the line 4-4 ofFigure 3; and.

Figure 5 is a transverse sectional view on the line 55 of Figure 3.

Fig. 6 is a detailed longitudinal section of one end of the device.

Fig. 7 is a transverse section taken on the line l---'! of Fig. 6.

Referring now to the drawing in detail and more particularly to Figure1', [0 indicates a mandrel of conventional form provided with a clip 9 lwhich is pivoted at l2 and is adapted to be raised from the mandrel IDby a downward movement upon the thumb piece l3 thereby to permit a lockof hair to be slipped between'the mandrel and the clip in the usualwell-known mannerprior to rotating themandrel.

The mandrel It is adapted to be rotated freely upon a spindle 14 bymeans of a knurled'finger piece I 5 thereby to wind the hair upontheman,- drel. At the extreme right of Figure 1 there is shown a clampingmember IB which may have a comb ll, if so desired. The comb isconvenient inorder to comb out a. lock of hair from the head and thenreverse the curler therebyto slip the end the lock of hair between themandrel and clip Intermediate the operating member I 5 and the part I 5is a fixed stop member [8 pinned to the spindle which limits themovement of the part l5 towards the right and between'the parts it andI8 is an elongated member 20 which is also rotatably mounted upon thespindle at its right hand end and terminates at its opposite end in adownwardly bent spoon-like portion 2| having a. groove 22 in its lowerpart, the under part of which coacts with a groove 23 in the enlargedportion 24 of the extreme end of the spindle id (Fig. 5). This part 24is provided with a longitudinal and substantially central hole oropening 25 adapted to receive one of the legs 26 of the bobby pin, theother leg 21 being adapted to rest in the recess 22 in the bottom of thespoon iii. The recess 23 which coacts with the groove 22 in the top orupper portion of the enlarged end 2! thus prevents relative movement ofthe arm under normal conditions. With the upper part of the bobby pin 21resting in the top of this groove 22, as shown clearly in Figure 2, thenthe entire construction has a relatively rigid condition when inoperation.-'

The mandrel I0 is hollow on its interior and a collar 3| is rigidlysecured in any desired manner to the spindle I 4 and acts as an abutmentfor a spiral spring 32 within the mandrel, the opposite end of whichspring coacts' with the end wall ofthe actuating member I 5. Thus afterthe curl is formed and the mandrel is moved relatively towardsthe leftas shown in Figure 2, this spring is compressed and, on release of theactuating member, this spring returns the parts from the position shownin Figure 2 to the normal position shown in Figure 1.

However, it will be noted particularly -that the end of the mandrel I isprovided with a conical or spherical portion 34 which is adapted tocoact with the downwardly inclined part 35 of the member 20 shown inFigure 1. Thus, as the mandrel is moved towards the left, this conicalportion 14 tends to wedge under part 35 and raise the same upwardly tothe position shown in Figure 2 thereby raising the spoon 2I at the endof the member 20 which in turn carries the upper leg 21 of the bobby pinto provide a space into which the curl 36 is slipped. As soon as thisoperation is completed then the mandrel is released to move towards theright and the bobby pin clamps onto the curl and this pin, with thecurl, may be bodily removed from the device and a new bobby pin insertedas shown in Figure 1', whereupon another curl may be formed and secured.

From the above it will be seen that the present invention provides asimple and practical hair curling device having relatively few partswhich may be inexpensively manufactured and assembled. The device isparticularly convenient in its ease of operation whereby a curl may beeasily and quickly formed upon the mandrel and equally easily andquickly slid off to one side with the curl almost automatically heldbetween the two parts of th hobby pin.

Without further analysis the foregoing will so fully reveal the gist ofthis invention that others can, by applying current knowledge, readilyadapt it for various applications without omitting certain' featuresthat, from the standpoint of the prior art, fairly constitute essentialcharacteristics of the generic or specific aspects of the invention, andtherefore such adaptations should and are intended to be comprehendedwithin the meaning and range of equivalency of the following claims,

I claim:

A hair curling device comprising an elongated spindle of substantiallyuniform diameter and formed at one end to receive one leg of a bobbypin, a rotatable and longitudinally movable mandrel mounted upon saidspindle, a member mounted upon said spindle at one end and extendingsubstantially parallel thereto, the other end of said member beingoffset towards the spindle and free to move from the spindle whenengaged by the mandrel on longitudinal movement, said member having aportion adapted to coact with the other leg of a bobby pin.

2. A device as set forth in claim 1 in which the end of said member isprovided with a groove to receive a part of one leg of the bobby pintherein.

3. A device as set forth in claim 1 in which the end of said member isprovided with a groove to receive a part of one leg of the bobby pintherein, said groove on its underside being adapted to coact with theend of the spindle thereby to prevent material relative movement.

4. A hair curling device comprising an elongated spindle ofsubstantially uniform diameter and having an opening at one end adaptedto receive one leg of a bobby pin, a rotatable and longitudinallymovable mandrel mounted upon said spindle, a clamp on said mandreladapted to temporarily hold a lock of hair while being curled,- a membermounted upon said spindle and extending substantially parallel thereto,one end of said member being offset towards the spindle and free to movefrom the spindle when engaged by the mandrel on longitudinal movement,said member having a portion adapted to coact with the other leg of abobby pin, said member and said mandrel adapted to be moved relativelylongitudinally whereby such relative movement causes said member to moveaway from the spindle and simultaneously separate the legs of the bobbypin to permit a curl on the mandrel to be slipped therefrom intoposition between the legs of the bobby 5. A device as set forth in claim4 in which the end of said member is provided with a groove to receive apart of one leg of the bobby pin therein.

6. A device as set forth in claim 4 in which the end of said member isprovided with a groove to receive a part of one leg of the bobby pintherein,

said groove on its underside being adapted to coact with the end of thespindle thereby to prevent material relative movement.

'7. A hair curling device comprising an elongated spindle and formed atone end to receive one leg of a bobby pin, a rotatable andlongitudinally movable mandrel mounted upon said spindle, means on saidmandrel adapted to temporarily hold a lock of hair while being curled, amember extending substantially parallel to said mandrel, one end of saidmember being offset towards the spindle and free to move from thespindle when engaged by the mandrel on longitudinal movement, saidmember having a portion adapted to coact with the other leg of a bobbypin, said member and said mandrel adapted to be moved relativelylongitudinally whereby such movement will cause the free end of saidmember to move away from the spindle and simultaneously separate thelegs of the bobby pin to permit a curl on the mandrel to be slippedtherefrom into position between the legs of the bobby pin and means forholding said member in place on said spindle.

8. A device as set forth in claim '7 in which the end of said member isprovided with a groove to receive a part of one leg of the bobby pintherein.

9. A device as set forth in claim '7 in which the end of said member isprovided with a groove to receive a part of one leg of the bobby pintherein. said groove on its underside being adapted to coact with theend of the spindle thereby to prevent material relative movement.

10. A hair curler of the character described having a, spindle with anopening in one end adapted to receive one leg of a bobby pin and alongitudinally movable mandrel with curling clip on said spindle, anintervening means including a spaced bar with onset ends between themandrel and the other leg of the bobby pin adapted to separate the legsof the bobby pin to receive a curl when said mandrel is movedlongitudinally into engagement with said means.

11. A hair curler of the character described having a spindle with anopening in one end adapted to receive one leg of a bobby pin and alongitudinally movable mandrel on said spindle, and intervening meansincluding a spaced bar with offset ends mounted at one end On thespindle and acting between the mandrel and the other leg of the bobbypin adapted to separate the legs of the bobby pin to receive a curl whensaid mandrel is moved longitudinally to engage said means.

12. A hair curler of the character described having a spindle with meansin one end adapted to receive one leg of a bobby pin, a freely movablemandrel on said spindle, and an intervening means including a spaced barwith ofiset ends mounted on the spindle and acting between the mandre1and the other leg of the hobby pin adapted to separate the legs of thebobby pin thereby to receive a curl when said mandrel is movedlongitudinally.

13. A hair curling device comprising an elongated relatively slenderspindle having a longitudinal opening at one end adapted to receive oneleg of a bobby pin, a hollow mandrel mounted upon said spindle and beingfree to rotate and slide longitudinally thereon, a clip coacting withthe mandrel between which clip and mandrel a curl is adapted to bewound, a member substantially parallel to the mandrel and secured at oneend to said spindle, its opposite end being free to move relatively awayfrom the spindle, said opposite end having a spoonlike portion with agroove therein extending substantially parallel to the spindle andadapted to receive the other leg of the bobby pin, the under part ofsaid groove coacting with the end of the spindle to prevent relativelyrotary movement in normal operation, said mandrel having a conical orpointed end adapted to coact with said spoonlike portion whereby uponmovement of said mandrel along said spindle it coacts with said portionto move the spoonlike portion away from the spindle and permit a, curlcarried by the mandrel to be slipped between the separated legs of thebobby pin.

14. A hair curling device comprising an elongated relatively slenderspindle having a longitudinal opening at one end adapted to receive oneleg of a bobby pin, a hollow mandrel mounted upon said spindle and beingfreely movable thereon, a clip coacting with the mandrel between whichclip and mandrel a curl is adapted to be wound, a member substantiallyparallel to the mandrel and mounted at one end to said spindle, itsopposite end being free to move relatively away from the spindle, saidopposite end having a spoonlike portion extending substantially parallelto the spindle and adapted to receive one leg of the bobby pin, thelower part of said portion shaped to coact with the end of the spindleto prevent relatively rotary movement in normal operation, said mandrelhaving aconical or pointed end adapted to coact with said portionwhereby upon movement of said mandrel along said spindle it moves thespoonlike portion away from the spindle to provide a space to receive acurl between the separated legs of the bobby pin.

LOUIS EISENMAN.

